The action was picked up on the Q♣9♦5♠Q♠7♣ river on which Nicolas Santos checked out of the big blind. Josh Arieh bet 150,000 with around 130,000 behind and Santos then pushed all-in.
Arieh went into the tank and eventually called it off. Santos rolled over the 9♣9♥ for a full house and Arieh briefly exposed his 10♣10♦ before heading to the payout desk.
Stephen Song was eliminated by Dongwuk Moon and Jesse Rosen then ran into pocket queens to depart moments later. That brought the field down to the last four tables and Masashi Oya joined Moon's table.
Oya got to work immediately and tangled with William Liang. On a Q♥J♥J♦ flop, Liang checked and Oya bet 30,000 into a pot of 110,000 to win the pot uncontested.
Jacek Pustula eventually lost the remainder of his short stack and Chino Rheem then pushed all-in out of the small blind into the big blind of Wai Lo.
"I assure you, you are ahead ... just take your time," Rheem said while Lo glanced a few times at the tournament clock to see possible pay jumps. Lo then called for the 260,000 he had behind.
Wai Lo: 4♦4♣
Chino Rheem: 8♦7♠
The flip went to Lo as he proceeded to make quads on the K♦Q♣4♠4♥J♦ board.
Moments later, Guoliang Wei and Shant Marashliuan were eliminated before Lo's table lost Thai Ha. Only 34 players remain and that number will decrease very soon.
Diogo Cardoso pushed all-in for slightly more than ten blinds and was called by Masashi Oya in the next seat.
Diogo Cardoso: A♠8♠
Masashi Oya: J♣10♣
The 8♥7♥2♦9♠ turn left Cardoso drawing dead to make the 6♠ river a formality.
Sunghak Lee and Wai Lo got their stacks into the middle with suited aces and Lee had the best of it in the following showdown.
Sunghak Lee: A♥Q♥
Wai Lo: A♠10♠
The kicker played on the 8♣7♥4♦6♠4♣ and Lee stayed in contention.
Level: 8
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Arnaud Enselme jammed the 10♥5♥5♠ flop into Dov Markowich and the table big stack folded.
Markowich then took on Jinho Hong and checked the K♦5♣4♠4♦ turn. Hong bet 35,000 but folded when Markowich check-raised to 135,000.
Jeff Gross had three-bet jammed into Chino Rheem the previous hand with the latter folding the K♥Q♣.
Gross was then all-in for around 20 blinds and Dongwuk Moon went over the top behind.
Jeff Gross: A♦7♣
Dongwuk Moon: A♣10♣
The K♥4♠3♦Q♦8♥ board sent Gross to the rail in 40th place.
Aleksandr Zubov was all in for what looked like 100,000 and Oktay Koeysu had put him at risk. The cards were already turned up and the dealer was completing the runout.
Aleksandr Zubov: Q♥Q♠
Oktay Koeysu: A♥Q♠
The board ran out 2♠6♦A♠7♦10♠ and Koeysu flopped a pair of aces to eliminate Zubov.
Meanwhile, Nello Neto, Erwann Pecheux, and Vincent Moscati are also out of the tournament.
Jesse Rosen raised and then called the shove by John Armbrust for 151,000 total.
John Armbrust: J♦J♣
Jesse Rosen: A♠J♠
The suited ace failed to get there on the Q♥6♦5♠Q♣2♥ runout and Armbrust remained in contention.
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